Nugget Market, Inc. and Armstrong Development are opening a new store in 2019 at the corner of Blue Oaks Boulevard and Woodcreek Oaks Boulevard in Roseville, as part of the Campus Oaks development, which plans to house boutique retail shops, restaurants, a health club and more.

Roseville was recently honored with the Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community Award by the League of American Bicyclists for its commitment to improving conditions for bicycling through promotions, education programs, infrastructure, and policies.

The Strokes 4 Hope Golf Tournament last October raised $69,000 for breast cancer research in honor of Debra Scott’s battle with the disease. The event also received a $39,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grant.

In celebration of 35 years in the community, Rocklin Friends of the Library donated $20,000 to the Placer County Library to purchase e-books for all branches.

Nearly 3,000 volunteers packed 606,528 meals for malnourished children in 70 countries, as part of the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event at William Jessup University last October.

Congrats to Rocklin students Ariv Tandon, Ashvika Nair, Neil Dandekar, Samina Zanzi, Simran Singh, Shawn Singh, Tej Singh, and Tejan Samba who each received a Global Innovation Award at the First Lego League event last November in Folsom, where they built, tested, and programmed an autonomous robot to solve missions.

Kaiser Permanente has awarded 52 grants totaling more than $1.5 million to local nonprofits, schools, and public entities in Sacramento, Yolo, and Placer Counties, including The Gathering Inn, Stand Up Placer, Seniors First, KidsFirst and Placer Food Bank.

Take your unflocked Christmas trees to one of Roseville’s Christmas tree drop-off sites (Maidu Park, Mahany Park, or Saugstad Park) through January 7 to be recycled. As a community service and fund-raiser, Roseville Boy Scouts of America will also pick up trees; residents in the coverage area can place trees curbside before 10 a.m. on January 6 or 7. Donations are also appreciated (place check—payable to Boy Scouts of America—in an envelope labeled “BSA Tree Pickup” and tape it to your front door or securely to your porch). For more info, visit rsvlboyscouts.weebly.com.

Phillips Edison and Company has partnered with Volta Charging to install no-fee charging stations for electric vehicles at Rocky Ridge Town Center in Roseville as part of their PECO Grow initiative. The new stations are compatible with most electric cars on the market and are capable of delivering up to 35 free electric miles per hour of charging.

The Placer County Association of REALTORS (PCAR) Foundation delivered $76,000 in funds to local charities as part of their annual grant program, including $9,000 that went directly to Placer County students for college scholarships. Non-profit recipients included the Boys and Girls Club of Placer County, Excel Roseville, and St. Vincent de Paul.

Fiction, creative nonfiction, and memoir writers are invited to join the Belize Writers’ Conference from April 23-28. The retreat/workshop at an eco-lodge will involve master classes, critique sessions, yoga on the beach, and interactions with literary agents from New York. To register, visit joeygarcia.com/events.